Confessions of a Demented Housewife

Confessions of a Demented Housewife

Author: Niamh Greene

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2008-10-09

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0141916303

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Before reading my private 'confessions'* please bear in mind the following: (1) My husband Joe and I are soul-mates. Nothing - including a smouldering lone father or Joe's teeny mid-life crisis - could ever come between us. (Hopefully he won't find out about smouldering Lone Father's sexed-up exposé of our secret 'affair' last year.) (2) Offspring Katie and Jack are well-adjusted and happy - even if Jack thinks he's a dog and Katie wants to be a Pussy Cat Doll. (3) VBF Louise makes new motherhood appear unnaturally glamorous. It simply isn't normal to fit back into size zero jeans so soon after giving birth - and I have the jelly belly to prove it. (4) I did not cynically engineer my close personal friendship with Celebrity Mom Angelica Law just to get invited to red carpet events. The whole newspaper-paparazzi-telly thing was NOT my fault - I can't help it if I've got star quality in bucket-loads, can I? *Note: The publisher 'borrowing' my diary and printing its contents does not amount to a confession. My arm had to be twisted very hard ...


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Download or read book Confessions of a Demented Housewife written by Niamh Greene and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-10-09 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before reading my private 'confessions'* please bear in mind the following: (1) My husband Joe and I are soul-mates. Nothing - including a smouldering lone father or Joe's teeny mid-life crisis - could ever come between us. (Hopefully he won't find out about smouldering Lone Father's sexed-up exposé of our secret 'affair' last year.) (2) Offspring Katie and Jack are well-adjusted and happy - even if Jack thinks he's a dog and Katie wants to be a Pussy Cat Doll. (3) VBF Louise makes new motherhood appear unnaturally glamorous. It simply isn't normal to fit back into size zero jeans so soon after giving birth - and I have the jelly belly to prove it. (4) I did not cynically engineer my close personal friendship with Celebrity Mom Angelica Law just to get invited to red carpet events. The whole newspaper-paparazzi-telly thing was NOT my fault - I can't help it if I've got star quality in bucket-loads, can I? *Note: The publisher 'borrowing' my diary and printing its contents does not amount to a confession. My arm had to be twisted very hard ...

Coco's Secret

Coco's Secret

Author: Niamh Greene

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2013-08-15

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1844882640

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Niamh Greene's new novel Coco's Secret is a deeply moving reinvention story that will be enjoyed by fans of the modern day fairytales of Cecelia Ahern. Throw in Niamh's unique brand of heart-warming storytelling and readers are in for a real treat. Coco Swan has always been embarrassed by her name. With a name like Coco, she thinks people expect her to be as exotic and glamorous as the famous designer, not an ordinary-looking small-town antiques dealer who could win an award for living cautiously. But when a vintage Chanel handbag turns up in a box of worthless bric-a-brac, Coco's quiet world is turned upside down. Where did it come from? And is it just coincidence that it's the same bag Coco's late mother always wanted for her? When Coco discovers a mysterious, decades-old letter hidden in the bag's lining, she sets off on a quest to piece together the story behind it, stumbling across secrets that span three generations as she goes. Could the beautiful Chanel bag be about to teach Coco more than she wants to learn? Or will it show her just where her heart can take her if she lets it lead the way? Coco's Secret is a gripping and thoroughly satisfying story about a young women finally finding courage to become the kind of woman she always had it in her to be. It will go straight to readers' hearts just like her previous bestselling novels, including the bestselling and award-nominated Secret Diary of a Demented Housewife. Her other novels are Confessions of a Demented Housewife, Lessons from a Love Rat, Rules for a Perfect Life and A Message to Your Heart.


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Download or read book Coco's Secret written by Niamh Greene and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Niamh Greene's new novel Coco's Secret is a deeply moving reinvention story that will be enjoyed by fans of the modern day fairytales of Cecelia Ahern. Throw in Niamh's unique brand of heart-warming storytelling and readers are in for a real treat. Coco Swan has always been embarrassed by her name. With a name like Coco, she thinks people expect her to be as exotic and glamorous as the famous designer, not an ordinary-looking small-town antiques dealer who could win an award for living cautiously. But when a vintage Chanel handbag turns up in a box of worthless bric-a-brac, Coco's quiet world is turned upside down. Where did it come from? And is it just coincidence that it's the same bag Coco's late mother always wanted for her? When Coco discovers a mysterious, decades-old letter hidden in the bag's lining, she sets off on a quest to piece together the story behind it, stumbling across secrets that span three generations as she goes. Could the beautiful Chanel bag be about to teach Coco more than she wants to learn? Or will it show her just where her heart can take her if she lets it lead the way? Coco's Secret is a gripping and thoroughly satisfying story about a young women finally finding courage to become the kind of woman she always had it in her to be. It will go straight to readers' hearts just like her previous bestselling novels, including the bestselling and award-nominated Secret Diary of a Demented Housewife. Her other novels are Confessions of a Demented Housewife, Lessons from a Love Rat, Rules for a Perfect Life and A Message to Your Heart.

Confessions of a HOusEwife INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS

Confessions of a HOusEwife INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS

Author: Tina Marie

Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services

Published: 2019-04-26

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9781684701223

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Miracle has carried pain, anger, shame, guilt, and bitterness so long she became numb and emotionless. For years she was her own worst enemy and waged war against herself. Without warning, her daydreams became nightmares, her ambition turned into manipulation, and her thoughts were cold calculated schemes. Miracle's years of being a sweet little girl who longed to hear a lullaby from her daddy at bedtime or make castles in the sand with her mama would never come to pass. Miracle was born and raised in a very small city where the entire inner city is a ghetto, oppression is real, poverty state of mind is a way of thinking, and drugs, alcohol, crime and incarceration is everyday life. On Miracle's journey you will discover how poverty, incarceration, bullying, drug smuggling, molestation, rape, drug/alcohol abuse, and hustling, tried to define her life as early as age nine. Welcome to Confessions of a HOusEwife and get ready to turn each page of this book with wide eyes of anticipation!


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Download or read book Confessions of a HOusEwife INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS written by Tina Marie and published by Lulu Publishing Services. This book was released on 2019-04-26 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miracle has carried pain, anger, shame, guilt, and bitterness so long she became numb and emotionless. For years she was her own worst enemy and waged war against herself. Without warning, her daydreams became nightmares, her ambition turned into manipulation, and her thoughts were cold calculated schemes. Miracle's years of being a sweet little girl who longed to hear a lullaby from her daddy at bedtime or make castles in the sand with her mama would never come to pass. Miracle was born and raised in a very small city where the entire inner city is a ghetto, oppression is real, poverty state of mind is a way of thinking, and drugs, alcohol, crime and incarceration is everyday life. On Miracle's journey you will discover how poverty, incarceration, bullying, drug smuggling, molestation, rape, drug/alcohol abuse, and hustling, tried to define her life as early as age nine. Welcome to Confessions of a HOusEwife and get ready to turn each page of this book with wide eyes of anticipation!

The Lavette Legacy

The Lavette Legacy

Author: Howard Fast

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2018-05-01

Total Pages: 893

ISBN-13: 1504053362

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From activist to family matriarch, Barbara Lavette takes center stage in the final three volumes of the New York Times–bestselling Immigrants saga. New York Times–bestselling author Howard Fast’s immensely popular Immigrants saga spanned six novels and more than a century of the Lavette family history. The series was considered one of the crowning achievements of the prolific author, who also penned Spartacus, Freedom Road, and April Morning. The Legacy: In this New York Times bestseller, Barbara, the daughter of self-made Italian immigrant Dan Lavette, navigates the turmoil of the 1960s, including the Vietnam War, the feminist and civil rights movements, and Israel’s Six Day War with Egypt. “A wonderful book.” —Los Angeles Times The Immigrant’s Daughter: At sixty, Barbara is living a quiet life in San Francisco, grieving after the death of a longtime male friend. But when she mounts an unexpectedly competitive congressional campaign, she reconnects with her past as a journalist and human rights activist, and her spirits revive, in this New York Times Bestseller. An Independent Woman: In this emotional farewell, Barbara, the rock and matriarch of her family, marries a Unitarian priest, and together they travel the world—until she faces the toughest challenge of her life. “Eventful and well-crafted . . . Loyal fans of Fast’s opus will welcome this bittersweet reunion with a woman they have come to know and admire.” —People


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Download or read book The Lavette Legacy written by Howard Fast and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 893 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From activist to family matriarch, Barbara Lavette takes center stage in the final three volumes of the New York Times–bestselling Immigrants saga. New York Times–bestselling author Howard Fast’s immensely popular Immigrants saga spanned six novels and more than a century of the Lavette family history. The series was considered one of the crowning achievements of the prolific author, who also penned Spartacus, Freedom Road, and April Morning. The Legacy: In this New York Times bestseller, Barbara, the daughter of self-made Italian immigrant Dan Lavette, navigates the turmoil of the 1960s, including the Vietnam War, the feminist and civil rights movements, and Israel’s Six Day War with Egypt. “A wonderful book.” —Los Angeles Times The Immigrant’s Daughter: At sixty, Barbara is living a quiet life in San Francisco, grieving after the death of a longtime male friend. But when she mounts an unexpectedly competitive congressional campaign, she reconnects with her past as a journalist and human rights activist, and her spirits revive, in this New York Times Bestseller. An Independent Woman: In this emotional farewell, Barbara, the rock and matriarch of her family, marries a Unitarian priest, and together they travel the world—until she faces the toughest challenge of her life. “Eventful and well-crafted . . . Loyal fans of Fast’s opus will welcome this bittersweet reunion with a woman they have come to know and admire.” —People

Diary of a Mad Housewife

Diary of a Mad Housewife

Author: Sue Kaufman

Publisher:

Published: 1967

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 9781852426415

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?What I really am, and have been since midsummer is paralyzed,? writes Bettina Balser, summing up her state of mind. ?What I am is paranoid as a coot. What I am at times so depresses me I can?t talk, so low I have to lock myself in the bathroom and run all the faucets to cover the sound of my crying. . . And I end up either having to take a pill or a quick sneaky shot of vodka?it depends which is available. . . .? Tina records in her diary the conditions of her everyday life as a housewife in New York City, with her nagging, climber of a husband Jonathan, and her two girls, aged nine and seven, who so completely take after him that Tina hardly recognizes them as her own. They live in a cavernous apartment on Central Park West that she can barely keep in order. As a form of therapy, Tina begins a secret diary. The self-awareness she gains propels her into a new set of experiences, most notably, an extra-marital affair. She discovers that this man is as hateful as her husband, but she has good sex for the first time since her early married days, and she gets out of the house an afternoon every week. This mordant, hysterically entertaining novel casts a cool eye on middle-class mores, the so-called liberation of the 1960s, and the coping mechanisms that often failed women who were called housewives. Published originally in 1967, Diary of a Mad Housewife was made into a major Hollywood movie in 1970 starring Carrie Snodgrass and Richard Benjamin.


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Download or read book Diary of a Mad Housewife written by Sue Kaufman and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ?What I really am, and have been since midsummer is paralyzed,? writes Bettina Balser, summing up her state of mind. ?What I am is paranoid as a coot. What I am at times so depresses me I can?t talk, so low I have to lock myself in the bathroom and run all the faucets to cover the sound of my crying. . . And I end up either having to take a pill or a quick sneaky shot of vodka?it depends which is available. . . .? Tina records in her diary the conditions of her everyday life as a housewife in New York City, with her nagging, climber of a husband Jonathan, and her two girls, aged nine and seven, who so completely take after him that Tina hardly recognizes them as her own. They live in a cavernous apartment on Central Park West that she can barely keep in order. As a form of therapy, Tina begins a secret diary. The self-awareness she gains propels her into a new set of experiences, most notably, an extra-marital affair. She discovers that this man is as hateful as her husband, but she has good sex for the first time since her early married days, and she gets out of the house an afternoon every week. This mordant, hysterically entertaining novel casts a cool eye on middle-class mores, the so-called liberation of the 1960s, and the coping mechanisms that often failed women who were called housewives. Published originally in 1967, Diary of a Mad Housewife was made into a major Hollywood movie in 1970 starring Carrie Snodgrass and Richard Benjamin.

Three Fallen Women

Three Fallen Women

Author: Amy Güth

Publisher: So New Media

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 0977815145

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Download or read book Three Fallen Women written by Amy Güth and published by So New Media. This book was released on 2006 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Birth Marks

Birth Marks

Author: Sarah Dunant

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2005-02-28

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 0743271874

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In Birth Marks, private investigator Hannah Wolfe gets a case worthy of the great detective novels she so admires. At first glance, this one doesn't fit the bill: she's asked to find a missing ballet dancer, Carolyn Hamilton. When Carolyn's body is fished out of the Thames, stones in her pockets and an eight-month-old fetus in her belly, the police think it's a no-brainer: Single pregnant woman can't face her impending responsibilities, takes a leap off a bridge. But Hannah can't shake the suspicion that something else is going on. Hannah's investigation takes her from the London dance world to the upper echelons of Parisian society in search of the unborn child's father. But his explanation only raises more questions, and for Hannah the case grows more treacherous, fueling her own ambivalent feelings about relationships and motherhood.


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Download or read book Birth Marks written by Sarah Dunant and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-02-28 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Birth Marks, private investigator Hannah Wolfe gets a case worthy of the great detective novels she so admires. At first glance, this one doesn't fit the bill: she's asked to find a missing ballet dancer, Carolyn Hamilton. When Carolyn's body is fished out of the Thames, stones in her pockets and an eight-month-old fetus in her belly, the police think it's a no-brainer: Single pregnant woman can't face her impending responsibilities, takes a leap off a bridge. But Hannah can't shake the suspicion that something else is going on. Hannah's investigation takes her from the London dance world to the upper echelons of Parisian society in search of the unborn child's father. But his explanation only raises more questions, and for Hannah the case grows more treacherous, fueling her own ambivalent feelings about relationships and motherhood.

Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life

Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life

Author: Ruth Franklin

Publisher: Liveright Publishing

Published: 2016-09-27

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13: 1631492128

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Winner • National Book Critics Circle Award (Biography) Winner • Edgar Award (Critical/Biographical) Winner • Bram Stoker Award (Nonfiction) A New York Times Notable Book A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Pick of the Year Named one of the Best Books of the Year by Entertainment Weekly, NPR, TIME, Boston Globe, NYLON, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, Kirkus Reviews, and Booklist In this “thoughtful and persuasive” biography, award-winning biographer Ruth Franklin establishes Shirley Jackson as a “serious and accomplished literary artist” (Charles McGrath, New York Times Book Review). Instantly heralded for its “masterful” and “thrilling” portrayal (Boston Globe), Shirley Jackson reveals the tumultuous life and inner darkness of the literary genius behind such classics as “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill House. In this “remarkable act of reclamation” (Neil Gaiman), Ruth Franklin envisions Jackson as “belonging to the great tradition of Hawthorne, Poe and James” (New York Times Book Review) and demonstrates how her unique contribution to the canon “so uncannily channeled women’s nightmares and contradictions that it is ‘nothing less than the secret history of American women of her era’ ” (Washington Post). Franklin investigates the “interplay between the life, the work, and the times with real skill and insight, making this fine book a real contribution not only to biography, but to mid-20th-century women’s history” (Chicago Tribune). “Wisely rescu[ing] Shirley Jackson from any semblance of obscurity” (Lena Dunham), Franklin’s invigorating portrait stands as the definitive biography of a generational avatar and an American literary genius.


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Download or read book Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life written by Ruth Franklin and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner • National Book Critics Circle Award (Biography) Winner • Edgar Award (Critical/Biographical) Winner • Bram Stoker Award (Nonfiction) A New York Times Notable Book A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Pick of the Year Named one of the Best Books of the Year by Entertainment Weekly, NPR, TIME, Boston Globe, NYLON, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, Kirkus Reviews, and Booklist In this “thoughtful and persuasive” biography, award-winning biographer Ruth Franklin establishes Shirley Jackson as a “serious and accomplished literary artist” (Charles McGrath, New York Times Book Review). Instantly heralded for its “masterful” and “thrilling” portrayal (Boston Globe), Shirley Jackson reveals the tumultuous life and inner darkness of the literary genius behind such classics as “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill House. In this “remarkable act of reclamation” (Neil Gaiman), Ruth Franklin envisions Jackson as “belonging to the great tradition of Hawthorne, Poe and James” (New York Times Book Review) and demonstrates how her unique contribution to the canon “so uncannily channeled women’s nightmares and contradictions that it is ‘nothing less than the secret history of American women of her era’ ” (Washington Post). Franklin investigates the “interplay between the life, the work, and the times with real skill and insight, making this fine book a real contribution not only to biography, but to mid-20th-century women’s history” (Chicago Tribune). “Wisely rescu[ing] Shirley Jackson from any semblance of obscurity” (Lena Dunham), Franklin’s invigorating portrait stands as the definitive biography of a generational avatar and an American literary genius.

Weekly World News

Weekly World News

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2003-03-11

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13:

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Rooted in the creative success of over 30 years of supermarket tabloid publishing, the Weekly World News has been the world's only reliable news source since 1979. The online hub www.weeklyworldnews.com is a leading entertainment news site.


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Download or read book Weekly World News written by and published by . This book was released on 2003-03-11 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rooted in the creative success of over 30 years of supermarket tabloid publishing, the Weekly World News has been the world's only reliable news source since 1979. The online hub www.weeklyworldnews.com is a leading entertainment news site.

American Housewife

American Housewife

Author: Helen Ellis

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2016-01-12

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 038554104X

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A raucous, whip-smart collection of stories featuring retro-feminist ladies who lunch.” —Elle Meet the women of American Housewife. They wear lipstick, pearls, and sunscreen, even when it’s cloudy. They casserole. They pinwheel. And then they kill a party crasher, carefully stepping around the body to pull cookies from the oven. Taking us from a haunted pre-war Manhattan apartment building to the unique initiation ritual of a book club, these twelve delightfully demented stories are a refreshing and wicked answer to the question: “What do housewives do all day?”


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Download or read book American Housewife written by Helen Ellis and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A raucous, whip-smart collection of stories featuring retro-feminist ladies who lunch.” —Elle Meet the women of American Housewife. They wear lipstick, pearls, and sunscreen, even when it’s cloudy. They casserole. They pinwheel. And then they kill a party crasher, carefully stepping around the body to pull cookies from the oven. Taking us from a haunted pre-war Manhattan apartment building to the unique initiation ritual of a book club, these twelve delightfully demented stories are a refreshing and wicked answer to the question: “What do housewives do all day?”